The three teams of the Chinese Super League face four major difficulties in participating in the AFC Champions League Elite League

With Shandong Taishan beating Bangkok United on penalties to advance to the AFC Champions League elite league, it means that there are three teams in the Super League (Shanghai Port, Shanghai Shenhua, Shandong TaishanParticipating in the first AFC Champions League after the restructuring, it is now called the "AFC Champions League Elite League", but due to the restructuring, the three teams of the Chinese Super League will face four major difficulties.

• The first number of foreign aids！ The AFC Champions League Elite League starting in the 2024-25 season does not limit the number of foreign players, while the Chinese Super League has a limit on the number of foreign players, and West Asian teams can basically have all foreign players or most foreign aid lineups. As we all know, Asian teams basically rely on foreign aid to win the world, and the three teams of the Chinese Super League suffer a lot in this regard.
• The second format is different！ The AFC Champions League Elite League is synchronized with the five major European leagues, the Champions League and the Europa League, which is the New Year's Eve system; And the Super League is still carried out in a natural year. This has led to the expiration of many foreign players' contracts at the end of the year, while the AFC Champions League Elite League is still in full swing, which is very unfavorable for Chinese Super League teams to compete in the AFC Champions League Elite League.
• The third is overtired！ It is still a problem caused by the different competition systems, the Chinese Super League has a holiday from December to February of the following year, which will lead to the Super League teams participating in the AFC Champions League Elite League will face a year-round situation. The Chinese Super League has a winter break, and these teams also have to prepare for the AFC Champions League in the winter, resulting in the team being open all year round, which will cause the players, coaching staff and club staff to be overly tired.
• Fourth pre-match analysis！ The AFC Champions League Elite League no longer has a traditional grouping, and the opponents of each team's 8 games in the group stage are decided by temporary draw, so how to collect opponent intelligence and tactical targeted deployment will face major difficulties, of course, this is also the difficulty faced by all teams participating in the AFC Champions League Elite League.